I am a new owner of a 1988 Sea Ray Seville, 21' Cuddy Cab with a v-6, 175 hp and an alpha leg. I live in Paradise, Maui, and plan to use the boat for deep sea trolling as well as near shore (5-15 miles from land) bottom fishing. My main concern is if the boat should flip, get swamped, or take on water and fill up, and the boat still has all the original factory floatation and assuming that that floatition is still dry, will there be enough boat left floating on the surface to hold on to until rescue arrives, or will the hull just go to the bottom. I would like to hear from some members who have had real experience with this situation. Or maybe a sinking at the dock for what ever reason or hurricane damage and the boat either floated a little or just plain went to the bottom. You can also post your stories of your close calls od sinking or rescues.
Does anyone know how much foam was installed by the factory or what the CG requirement was at the time?
Does anyone know how much foam or floatation will be needed to keep the hull afloat?
I would like to know because a hull is easier to spot than a person in a life jacket should an emergency happen.
Thank you for any of your answers or advice on this subject.
May we all have safe boating trips and always be prepared for any and all emergencies.
"A small boat is just a small boat in a large ocean that the conditions can change in a matter of hours. As we know the weather people is not always right"
I have been boating in the Maui waters for the past 18 years and know my abilities, but do not know those of my new ,but old, boat yet.
It is good that I stumbled across this site. Maybe you could get Sea Ray to make a link to it to make it easier to find. So far I have gotton a lot of useful information from the site as well as a lot of entertaining reading.
Does anyone know how much foam was installed by the factory or what the CG requirement was at the time?
Does anyone know how much foam or floatation will be needed to keep the hull afloat?
I would like to know because a hull is easier to spot than a person in a life jacket should an emergency happen.
Thank you for any of your answers or advice on this subject.
May we all have safe boating trips and always be prepared for any and all emergencies.
"A small boat is just a small boat in a large ocean that the conditions can change in a matter of hours. As we know the weather people is not always right"
I have been boating in the Maui waters for the past 18 years and know my abilities, but do not know those of my new ,but old, boat yet.
It is good that I stumbled across this site. Maybe you could get Sea Ray to make a link to it to make it easier to find. So far I have gotton a lot of useful information from the site as well as a lot of entertaining reading.